Bunse Family Burial

Fred Bunse

Born: September 29, 1848 in Helminghausen, Germany
Died: December 16, 1899 in Sherman Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 149
Lot Owner: Harriet Bunse, purchased 1900
Married: Henrietta Flamme on May 15, 1882 in Germany
Children: Mrs. Frank Brisel, Harry, Herman, Dora Bale and Meta Hardenbrook

Obituary

Fred Bunse, of Sherman Township, died last Saturday morning after being sick for over a year. He was born in Germany in 1848 and came to this country in 1888, settling first in Davenport, but soon moving to this county. He leaves a widow and five children.

The funeral services were held Monday at Sugar Grove Church, Rev. B. C. Baumgardner officiating.~The Newton Record Thursday, December 21, 1899

Biography of son-in-law, Leo Bale

Leo P. Bale was married on December 3, 1908, to Dora Bunse, who was born in Newton Township, this County, November 8, 1891, and here she grew to womanhood, was educated and has always lived here. She is the daughter of Fred and Henrietta (Flamme) Bunse, both natives of Germany, the father born in Helminghausen on September 29, 1848, and the mother born in Stormbraugh on March 25, 1859. There they spent their childhood and were married May 15, 1882, emigrating to America in August 1883, locating in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, where they remained until 1888, when they moved to Jasper County and here became very comfortably established, and here the father spent the rest of his life, dying in Sherman Township, December 16, 1900 [sic 1899]. The mother is still living in Sherman Township.

Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bunse, namely: Mrs. Frank Brisel, born in Germany, January 23, 1883, is living in Sherman Township; Henry, born February 14, 1885, of Sherman Township; Herman, born August 27, 1888; Dora, wife of Mr. Bale of this sketch; Meta, born September 27, 1895; lives in Sherman Township. This family was reared in Jasper County.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bale has been born one daughter, Wilma Arlene, whose birth occurred at Ira, November 3, 1909. ~ Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, B.F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912, p. 1230.

Henrietta (Flamme) Bunse

Born: March 25, 1858 in Stromberg, Germany ¹
Died: March 21, 1918 in Jasper Co., Iowa ¹
Buried: Lot 149
Lot Owner: Harriet Bunse, purchased 1900
Married:Fred Bunse on May 15, 1882 in Germany
Children: Mrs. Frank Brisel, Harry, Herman, Dora Bale and Meta Hardenbrook

Metz Column

Mrs. Henrietta Bunse passed over the Great Divide last Thursday and was buried at the Metz cemetery, Saturday afternoon. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Bright of Newton. Beautiful music was furnished by Miss Carrie Miles and Mrs. Sam Miles with Mrs. Sayre Miles as pianist.

Mrs. Bunse was a splendid woman who endeared herself to all who knew her, and was ever ready to help any one in the hour of need. For two years she had been a sufferer with diabetes, but only for a few weeks previous to her going, was her condition considered serious. Medical aid and all the loving care that her loved ones could give her failed to overcome the conditions that finally succeeded in snapping the cord that bvound her to earth life, and the many firends who so dearly loved her. Her funeral was the largest held at Metz for years, and the floral offering was beautiful. ~ Newton Record,Vol. 24, No. 39, March 28, 1918.

1. Jasper Co., Iowa Death Register